AUXILIO
the power of sin
Directed by Tamae Garateguy

Historical - Paranormal Horror
80' / 4K / Completed

PRESS

Ventana Sur’s Blood Window to showcase eight Latin American genre films at Cannes Market

Women are the main characters in five of the films but Garateguy is the only female director in the line up.

Help hails from genre specialist Tamae Garateguy whose credits include Pompeya and She Wolf. Produced by Argentina’s Del Toro Films and Furia Films in partnership with Colombia’s Red Vector, Help is set in the 1930s and centres on a young woman sent by her father to a convent whose arrival unleashes supernatural activity.

ScreenDaily

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Nuns, the wrongfully interned and supernatural forces converge on an asylum, playing duelling protagonists, in “Auxilio,” the latest film from Argentina’s multi-faceted genre darling, Tamae Garateguy (“She Wolf”).

Variety

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SYNOPSIS

It’s 1931. Emilia, a rebellious and defiant young woman, is sent by her father to a convent. Her arrival unleashes paranormal manifestations in the place, which become increasingly strong for all the residents, religious and mentally ill women confined, but even more for Emilia, like a cry for help which is impossible to ignore.

SINOPSIS

Es 1931. Emilia, una joven rebelde y desafiante, es enviada por su padre a un convento. Su llegada desata manifestaciones paranormales en el lugar, las cuales se vuelven cada vez más fuertes para todos los habitantes, religiosas e internas con afecciones mentales, pero aún más para Emilia, como un grito de auxilio imposible de ignorar.